Bug FAQPurple Tiger Beetle
Cicindela purpurea · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Also called: Cow Path Tiger Beetle
The purple tiger beetle lives in North America. It is a North American species.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The purple tiger beetle is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat is in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 43 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Massachusetts, Montana, Idaho, California, Wyoming.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicindela_purpurea
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.